News Apprenticeships as youth unemployment solution ‘damages brand’ – MPs An “excessive emphasis” on apprenticeships as a means to combat youth unemployment risks painting them as a “second class… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News AoC calls for clarity on new ‘wilful neglect’ crime The Association of Colleges (AoC) has called for clarity over proposed new rules that could see college staff jailed… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Warning FE finance probe ‘may not go far enough’ A National Audit Office (NAO) probe into FE and skills finances may not go far enough in looking at… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News LEPs delivered £1bn euro skills cash blow A European Commission-forced government climbdown on plans to hand control of nearly £1bn of Euro skills cash to the… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News College-sponsored school shuts after just two years Leaders of a general FE college that sponsored a local school have seen it forced to close just two… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News ‘Odious’ rule to be automatically written out of frameworks The government has agreed to the automatic scrapping of a rule that forces apprentices to re-sit qualifications they already… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Barnfield looks for ‘new partners’ after academies split rubber-stamped Barnfield College is “looking to forge new relationships” with partners in the education sector after Whitehall rubber-stamped its split… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Numeracy and literacy not just learner issues The FE sector has to face up to low levels of literacy and numeracy among staff if it wants… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Fraudster poses as principal ordering urgent payment A fraudster posing as a London college principal has been foiled in the latest in a string of attempted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News FE college UTC heads out of special measures A University Technical College (UTC) which had to be rescued by its local FE college after a damning Ofsted… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Back to the drawing board on merger as financial rescue plan rejected A Hampshire sixth form college has had to go back to the drawing board in its search for a… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y News Skills Minister admits ‘no plans to promote new SFCs’ Skills Minister Nick Boles told the House of Commons the government has no intention of “promoting the establishment” of… FE Week Reporter 11y FE Week Reporter 11y Newer 1 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 854 Older Must read Awarding Earpiece exam cheat ring jailed over construction test fraud Men trained candidates to hide devices and exploit access arrangements to pass mandatory safety tests Josh Mellor 20h Josh Mellor 20h Adult education, Apprenticeships, Skills reform Apprenticeships purge: Team leader and chartered manager among 16 axed standards Ministers also unveil the first 7 apprenticeship units Shane Chowen 2w Shane Chowen 2w Colleges, Politics Exclusive Joe Docherty: Labour peer quit college role over ‘inappropriate conduct’ The former education executive has been suspended by the party weeks after being sent to the House of Lords… Jessica Hill 1mo Jessica Hill and Gabriel Pogrund 1mo Next 3 stories Colleges, Long read Investigation Inside FE’s lifeline for under-16s: Stepping in where schools fail More and more anxious 14-16 year olds not in school are starting afresh in colleges, but they are under-recognised,… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Colleges, Long read Exclusive Legrave’s last orders: build cash, challenge leaders and don’t ignore teaching In her final interview, the outgoing FE Commissioner warns colleges not to mistake funding rises for financial safety Shane Chowen 4mo Shane Chowen 4mo Young people Long read Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals Anviksha Patel 5mo Anviksha Patel 5mo
